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Vlad Putin, the current dictator of Russia, is probably one of the coolest world leaders out there. He’s got a rockin’ wristwatch collection , which is pretty impressive, considering he’s a public servant with a salary of about $180,000 a year. (Some say he’s amassed a fortune to the tune of $70 billion, which makes Bill Gates jealous because, let’s face it, Bill doesn’t have nukes.) He’s also into martial arts and killing beautiful and exotic animals. Sorta like a 17-year-old Arkansas boy with a lot of money…

VP can’t be all bad…he loves puppies!

Yet, the most shocking thing I’ve heard about “VP the VIP” is that there’s a “cult” of his “worshipers” here in the Good Ol’ U.S.A.!  Check out the nuts here.

Secret? Yeah, I’d be real secret, too, about this one.

Barry Strang was from Casper, Wyoming, and for the last 38 years, he begged his wife to “allow” him to buy a Harley.
Well, at 59 years of age, Barry got his wish. And once again, his wife was proven right. Read the story here.

Barry’s last ride.

From Santa Ana, Cali, comes this heartwarming story: Seems a 58 year-old “gang member,” who weighs 425 pounds, got himself locked in the pokey…for sniffing a 10 year-old’s ARMPIT!

Read the full story here.

Suave this guy ain’t.

Seems that the jig is up for NFL tight end, Aaron Hernandez, in the murder investigation of his “friend.” At least JC has–er, is on–AH’s back.

Read the story here.

He’s got Cappucino Christ on his back! Not guilty!

One of my favorite blogs is The Selvedge Yard. Recently, the site’s master, JT, hammered-down on the throttle with a terrific post about one of America’s greatest heroes.

In the 1960s and ’70s, there wasn’t a bigger all-American badass than Evel Knievel. Wielding a Harley like a weapon, Knievel frequently roughed-up Grandpa Gravity. Check out the post here.

EK on the H-D.

Read this. Weep.

Like its namesake, this T-Rex is also extinct.

From the BBC comes a fascinating story of the “world’s first book of fashion,” which was created in the 1500s. One of the most surprising things is the person who created it: he was an accountant.

Check out the story here 

Schwarz had all his clothing custom-made, by hand.